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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, JUNE 20, 1826. [THE 1•1N1E:4.3 England can boast of two species of representation, each somewhat CUrifillS its its way--one, where a place not pri vileged to send Members to Parliament is neverthelesa said to be represented in substance. by gentlemen chosen for a , city or bo rough at the opposite extremity of the kingdom ;---another, where a Member sits for a given place, but is chosen by constituents who have no connexion with it. The first has got the nickname of "virtual representation ;" the second is " nominal" representa tion ; and, indeed, has just uti much of the reality about it al its rival, for it seems not - Worth inquiring whether the rights of a body of englishmen are at the mercy of strangers acting in the character both of Member of Parliament and constituent, or she- trier they are in the hands of men who Resume the name of this or that particular city, but who owe their seats to ants-reaident electors, whose interest in ih welfare is confined to the septennial power of forcing representatives upon it. 'ibis we conceive to he one among the very grossest perversions , of the 13ritiah Constitu tion. It is, in fact, an extinction of that elective franchise which was designed to be the basis of our representative system; for it is an overpowering of native by fiweign votes---a transfer of the right of choosing a man's delegate from himself to others who have se parate or adverse interests—a superseding of property by no pro perty—of free-will in favour of compulsion. The corporations of the United Kingdom, created for guards and securities to the people, have twig diainguishett themselves in this warfare against piipular right 'fhe emporation of LeiCeater is accused of having invited no less titan opo strangers to accept the freedom of their iorough between the last election and the present, that they Insight establish a fiireign interest paramount over the residing freemen, and capable thus of perpetuating the moimpoly of the representation against those inhabitants for whose sake the char ter had been bestowed.' The history gees on to state, that 800 of these Swiss, a. large proportion of whom were clergy, took up the freedom so flung dawn to them, anti have undertaken to serve the purposes for which such Occasional auxiliaries are enlisted. There is, if this iniquity he allowed, nothing to prevent every borough and city in the kingdom from being effectually disfran chised by its own servants—there is nu reason, if the voice of the people of Leiceater continue to he stilled by three foreigners, why the same measure 4110111 d not he administered elsewhere; and then, why, our a more extensive scale, the Scotch system of se vering the power to vote from the property for which the vote is sunninally proffered, should not prevail throughout nine-tenths of the English constituent body. If, however, them guilty parties would shelter themselves ender the law against occasional voters, by showing that if they have thus lavished the elective franchise, they have nevertheless complied with the letter of the ict, by re gistering their freemen twelve month.; before the election, we agree with those who think that the whole spirit of the law against occasional voters is violated by this find practice. If one mode of proving the guilty intent of such a creation defectors he in this manner cut away by the lapse of time—another exists, and a proof of great value in the want of all reasonable and constitu tional fitnegs on the part of the persons so favoured by the elec tioneering corporation. But if not yet unlawful, we further agree that an act of the legislature ought to provide the natural and obvious remedy. Mr. Southey's introduction to Parliament seems the last expedient of a restless and worn-out spirit. As n poet, lac could have no power of respiring in an atmosphere so gross audio material; but M. Southey has a second. set of functions to discharge, and tow by which alone he begins. to be thought of jn 11 4clety. He has given up an art,- and sunk into n trade—a lazy Lattreat, but dill with energy enough to be a courtier. His early fame Ines for some tine " fallen into the semi. and yellow 1 , 4" Poets and historians, who did nut spring up until after it had reached its full maturity, have already eclipsed, and will long survive whatever was worth preServing in the name of Southey. We trust, and it is a benevolent hope, that his political reputa. tiou may be equally fugitive with the other.—ibid. [THt MORNING CHRONICLE.] We believe it seldom -happens that the good cause loses by an open and. manly protesoion of it. We can understand Why men whe do not find it.convenient to give a reason for the faith that is in theM should shriok front diseubsion ; but it is eb vions that the cause of the-people can only be gained through the people. We have never, therefore, been able to comprehend upon what principle the advucatee► of Catholic Emancipation should he sitate to come forward in the moat manly manner on all occasions to avow their sentinieutte If the question ie ever to be carried, it must be carried througfethe prevalence of 'the belief that the ulmiMion of 'the Catholic, to the Privilege of citizens, is not only not injurious to the interests of the Empire, but is especially neces sary to its prosperity, end revel - security. If this is the revell ing opinion in any neighbourhood, Why hesitate to concur in avowing it? If it is not the prevailing opinion, what is to be atoned by 'shrinking from the. numilestation of it ?' - The Can slidete who imagines that part of his Conetittients differ. with him in opinion, ought, if he is 'sincere in his opinion, and `has reasons to urge in its behalf, to provoke disetweiony steed of shrinking from it, that the public may be gained over to correct views, Wherever this bold and manly course has . been 'pursued,: we have seen the good effects of it. Mr. Denison did not shrink from avowing hie opinions, and be was immediately.placed•far above the No Popery Candidate. In the Borough, Mr. Calvert and Sir Robert Wilson adopted en equally straight-forward course, and the., No Popery Candidate was left far behind. We have nut been altogether satisfied with the City Election in this respect. %V 4 do not believe the most un compromising avowal of EMancipation would have loot the libe ral Candidates a single vote. But there was an evident fear of touching on the topic of Emancipation. There was a sort of apologizing tin• the avowal of it, as something wrong. Such a our opinion, is only calculated to give - confidence to the opponents of liberal opinions. Th 6 mon, cowardly cur will fly at a men when he sees him hesitating- whether he shall advance or retreat, The City of London' was either friendly or not friendly to Emancipation ; if friendly, that cause ought to have been • boldly or distinctly avowed and gloried in ; if unfriendly, diteuesion should have. been provoked to gain over opponents. A popular Member is nothing when nut backed by the people. We repeat, that if the people of England are un favourable to Emancipation, the hope of carrying that inearmte must he renounced, eir effort.: must be made to produce a change in the public mind. There is nothing to he gained by remaining passive. Bet we firmly believe, that the force of the "No Po pery" party has been exteggereted by thofetas of the Liberals. Wherever the " No Popery" party have been fairly mety they have been shamefully defeated. We believe we may as without fear of contradiction, that if iron bad not- been a more pinlitable commodity in the City for some time past, than " No Popery," Mr. Alderman Thompson would not have been at the head of the poll. • The Surrey contest has ended, in a way which will give more satisfaction to this part of the country than any event which hag been Witnessed for some time. Many circamstances have Contributed to ;ender Mr. Holum Smola.r unpopular in Surrey, but two, in particular, have had, we believe, a marked influence in the late &must. In conacquence of his having united with his friend the Bev. A, C. Onslow, the gentleman who fought so stoutly the No Popery Battle, by his side at • Guildford, •in forcing the parishioners of Newineton to build two new churches, they have been involved in such diatresn. that one thousand distress warranta have been already issued for the non-payment of the New Church Rates. According to a popular Poet, 4, Courts for Cowards were erected, Churches built to please the Priest." In this tlise, however, Mr. Surnner has** good canoe to he plea se d as the Priest, fOr a son of hit Was presented by the Ilev. Mr. Onelow to one of the new Churches. The other circumstance to which we allude, is the attempt mile by Mr. Onslow and hie party, a few years ago, to shut the petialtieners of Newington out of their vestry, and thus - to exclude than from all acquitintsnre with or controul over their owivatfoirs, in which ettetppt he was powerfully aided by Mr. Hahne Sumner. The parishioners of Newington, and the adjacent porta, crowded to Guililibrd to oppose Mr. Smoner.—lbid, [THE ?,tORNING The Cambridge Election has ended, as we sup. posed it would, in the Election of Sir John Copley and Lord Pal merston. Though we are not inclined to quarrel with this result, which, in numy points of view, is creditable to the University, yet it presents the singular anomaly, in a place where talent should be the chief recommendation, of seeing the two persons of unquestion ably the greatest talents, placed et the top and bottom of the poll. It is lam oure hl e , however, to the majority of electors , that, they have: resisted the high state of excitement in which they have been involved, sod 51141 pony zeal has, on this °wavier, as indeed it generally does, over-reached itself, end defeated its own end. At- tached ourselves to the Church, and the true principles of the Reformation, we have as little leaning towards Popery as its warmest opponents can desire. But they are not the best friends of the Church (or, at least, of religion), or the most effectual enemies of Popery, who endeavour to enlist all the bad passions of mankind in their cause, by making that a subject of vehement excitement, which should be, above all others, treated with calm ness and sobriety. Least of.all, such proceedings become those who are, by their profession, ministers of peace. And when, therefore, we see, as we have done upon this occasion, the retreats of learning and philosophy converted into the theatre of unseemly brawls and disgusting violence:, we cannot but tremble for the youth who are to imbibe, and the congregations which are to be initiated in, modes of reasoning so little calculated to arrive at truth, or to farther the pure ends and precepts of the Gospel. We confess that, after what we have witnessed upon this occasion, we are inclined to prefer, as more dignified and becoming, the perpetuity admitted at Oxford, than the recurrence at the sister University of scenes which appear only to degrade the actors and the drama. There may be persons, too, induced to ask themselves how far it is consistent and seemly to witness so much warmth and activity on minor objects, when the real objects of Academic Institutions are so little attended to by some of the very same persons. There may be parents who mey be glad to see tutors and heads of houses half as zealot sly inclined to correct extravagance and profligacy in the inexperienced minds committed to their care, as sonic of them have been about a bribery oath, and No Popery. We widely deceive ourselves, if they would not inure effectually defeat Popery by training up the future Minister% of the Protestant Church in principles of virtue and religion, than by an indifference to those points in their curly life, and a widen temporary ebullition of the Church being in danger, when if in danger at all, it is their supineness as teachers of youth which ham made it so. We throw out these hints with no un- friendly feeling towards the Universities ; but as expressing, we believe, the sentiments of no mull number of their war►nest and most attached well-wishers. [THE BRITTAH PRESS.] We have seldom seen an Election go on so far as the present has done with so little reference to the question of Parliamentary Reform. A clearer proof could not be adduced of the propriety of leaving opinions to themselves, and not irritating prejudices by opposition. If any opposition had been attempted in Westminster, this question would have resounded from one end of the islaod to the other; the usual excitement Of an election would have assumed a new character, inflamed, as it would then have been, into that species of enthusiasm which uniformly accents' panics a conflict of opinions ; the natural hostility of the inferior ranks of the community would have been excited and let loose by the continued artifices of demagogues, and the consequences would have been such as every one must have deplored who wishes for the welfare of his country, or has any regard for its character among nations. Those who are so urgent for frequent Elections forget the evils which inevitably attend such appeals to the people. They do not recollect that a Representative Government is nothing but an invention, to prevent the frequency of direct appeals to the people in matters of goVernment. No principle can he more certain than this—that all forms of government ought to tend to the, public good ; and no form of government can secure the public good so effectually, as that in which the people are Ilwed to determine what is for their own interests. The people in some states have actually conducted the business of govern ment themselves iu general assemblies of all the citizens ; and this, it is clear, is the only true and absolute democracy. It is melees to refer to the republics of antiquity, in which this was the ease; and it is equally useless to observe that such a system was, in their case, pregnant with innumerable difficulties, and would, in an empire such as ours, be the most ridiculous of all Utopias. Yet the arguments of Radical Reformers, if carried to their true 'logical consequences, must tend to the establishment of something of this kind ; for there can be no reason, unless these gentlemen admit the inconveniences to which we have al !toted, which should prevent the elections from being made every six months, as well as every twelve—there can be no reason, in fact, why they should not be made every day; in short, if they are attended with no inconvenience, we see no reason why the people should not assemble in their counties and burghs, to give their votes on all public questions—allowing Ministers, as akAthens, to act in cases of emergency on their own responsibility. But our Radical Re formers have decided that one year is the golden mean—that six weeks of anarchy omit of 52 is not too much--that to have two months in the twelve without any Parliament whatever is the only tnethod'of saving the cottotry; The conclusion is rather an extraordinary one ; but, we shall admit it. No one who ever wit neattcri an election .will 'say that it can be conducted without po pular dissemions. • To prevent the consequences of these, the mi litary must be called in. In the present state of things, an dee don occurring so seldom, produces but little mischief ; but, were it to happen every year, the soldiery and the people would become Mutually irritated beyond reconciliation, and the question would lie between popular anarchy and military oppression. We give this only as one instance in which the foresight of these gentlemen is a little at fault. We should expect of legislators, who are so determined in their opinions, that they would look steadily at the consequences of their measures. We find, however, that they have looked narrowly enough at one side of the subject, but they have entirely forgotten the other. - They have devised fames in . abundance for increasing the -democratic principle in the elections, but they have forgotten entirely the: methods of preventing its ex cesses; and their neglect in providing means to restrain it, would speedily destroy it altogether. • THE WALLACE CiAK. There is, perhaps, no name in the annuls of Scotland more justly celebrated than that of Wallace; one of the bravest of her heroes and must disinterwted of her patriots. Hence his steps are pointed out, wherever they can he traced, with almost re ligious reverence; the mountain path which he may have tracked, the headlong torrent which he may have crossed, the rugged fast ness in which he way have entrenched himself, still bear his name in many parts of the country, and still invite the wanderings and charm the imagination of those who are capable of feeling the force of the sublime sentiment. " Duke e decorum est propatria mori." Among the memorials to the fume of Wallace, which the gra titude of posterity ha* delighted to point out, the trees tinder, which be is known to huve reposed or encamped, have heed treat ed with a degree of attachment, which, defeating its aim in its excess, has ultimately caused the destruction of the object it wish ed to commemorate, Hence. the famous oak in Torwood is no, longer remaining. It stood in the middle of a swampy mots, having a causeway round it ; but the last fragments of its ruins have been carried off by the pilgrims whom its fame attracteAl, and only the spot on which it stood now re mains for them to pay their devotions to. Of Earnside W oo d, where Wallace defeated the English on the 12th of June, '1299, and which formerly stretched four miles along the shores of the Frith, not a vestige is left ; and in the same manner,. many other individual trees and woodland tracks, once rendered interesting by being associated with the valiant darings and hair breadth 'gapes of Wallace., have bowed before the - warring ele ment', or the unpitying axe. One oak, which hears his name, still, however, survives, and is, perhaps, more interesting than any of thinly we may otherwise lament, on account of its standing im mediately at the place of his birth, which was Ellealie, or Elders lee, three miles to the south west of Paisley, in Renfiewshire. It is mentioned by Semple, joint, continuation of Crawfurd's History of Renfrewshire ; as "the large oak tree, which is still standing alone, in a little inclosure, a few yards south from the great road between Paisley and Kilbarchan ; being on the east side of Elderalee rivulet, where there is a, atone bridge with one arch, the manor of Eldendee being a few yards distant from the rivulet on the west side." They say that Sir William Wallace and three hundred of pia men hid themselvee upon that tree, among the branches, (the tree being then in full blossom,) from the English. The . tree is indeed very large, and well spread in the branchee, being about twelve feet in circumference. The present di mensions of the \Vallee() oak,. as communicated by Mr. , Mac quitter, an accurate land surveyor, are twenty-one wet in cir cumference at the ground ; and at five feet from it, thirteen feet two Indies. It is sixty-seven feet in height, and its branches extend on the east side to forty.five feet, on the west to thirty six, on the south to thirty, and on the north to twenty-five, co vering altogether an extent of nineteen English, or fifteen Scotch polls, land measure. According •to the testimony of aged resi dents in the neighbourhood, the branches of this tree, SC) years ago, covered above a Scotch acre of ground ; and one old person nt particular, a lame man, who watt present at its measurement, pointed out a spot on the ancient turnpike road, forty yards north from the tree, where he said that, when young, he used to, strike the branchea with his stilt. This renders the account of the extent of ground it formerly covered w thy of belief; as well as , the number of men which tradition sorts it to have concealed,along with their b rave l eader, by whose name it is known. It is a peculiarity in the trees in this pert of Renfrewshire, that their branches generally extend more to the south and east than to the north and west. The Wallace oak seems destined in sharing the fats of others of its brethren, who have been honoured by shel tering the hero Wallace, to share their fate likewise of despolia tion; every year its branches pay tribute to its renown, and the western Highlanders in pertteuler carry o ff re li cs from; it. in abundance, which threatens extinction at no very di stant period to the parent stem, unless it be prevented from further violence. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCF,RY, ham 19. IMPORTANT PRACTICS IN LUNACY. To-day his Lor4i:hip sat to hear Lunatic Petitions, and dis posed of a great number of them off hand, as having, of course, previously read them all. Mr. MiaIVALE interrupted his Lordship, requesting permis sion to have a petition, in the ntatter of Margaret Blair, pot at the bottom of the paper, it having been omitted to have been putinto the paper. H i s L oßnsin p sa id he bad no objection to its being put into the paper, but he would take this opportunity of stating, and of having it publicly understood, diet he never would again hear a lunatic petition mentioned in the course Of mornings - as he had been in the habit of hearing, for though the orders prayed in these petitione were quite olcourse, yet many of the petitions were stated at an enormous length, , so as to incur such costs as that, if he had seen them, be never would have m a de an y order upon them. For instance, in a matter where the master had appointed a committee, and there was a petition praying to confirm the roaster's report, in that petition the whole of the proceedings in the lunacy, per haps for the course of 20 years, would lie stated ; whereas nothing more ought to have been stated than that it had been referred to the muster, and that be ha d re p rimande d such and such a person. When these petitions were mentioned , as of course at the bar, his Lordship's calioto attention tm nner wildia which they were d rawn ; h u t f ro m hisn from the oth er I me i ne*:s o f th e d a y, he Lordship's experience he felt perfectly satisfied, that there was no greater evil in lunatic matters, and nothing of more importance to he remedied than this, with regard to the enormous unnecessary expense so incurred. IN THE MATTER. OF SIB , OILEGOEY I'AGE TWINER, A LUNATIC. There were seven petitions before hu Lordship in this matter. Mr. SoonEr; was instructed to _ask, on behalf of his client, Capt. Turner, before the discussion on the diffe ren t p e titi ons wer e entered into, that he might be at liberty to attend the trial of the traverse. Capt. Turner was the brother of the lunatic, and the petitioner for the Commission. His Loansun' could see no objection to Captain Turner's being at liberty to attend the trial; but he thought that this application might as well he postponed till eorue of the other points were disposed of. There was a petition preying for an ad vance of J,500/., to enable Mr. Corbett to try the traverse; and one of the grounds for applying for this Kum was, that Sir Gregory was made to represent it would be necessery to call a hundred witnesses. His Lordship, however, could not but sup - pose t!:..t. Sir Gregory's solicitor was able to inform his Lordship what it was those witnesses had to say; and more particularly as his Lordship had heard elsewhere that some of those witnesses had made depositions directly against Sir Gregory. There was another petition quarrelling with Sir Henry Dryden, and other persons, committees of the estate ; but it was impossi able the Court could enter into a discussion of such things when the pending traverse was to determine the whole. Mr. Maui) did not understand in what character . Captain Turner wished to attend the trial. It was clear he could not be allowed to oppose the trial. His L.:mummy was of opinion, that it would he better not to occupy time at present in arguing upon, this subject until it was known whether there really was, or was not to he a trial. His Lordship was quite unable to say, where the money was to come from. He certainly would not order the expense of such a num ber of witnesses to be paid, even if the money was forthcoming, without first being informed that they bud something, and what they had to say. The order he would at present make should be, that all the 'petitions should stand over till Wedneiday next, and that he should then be informed where the 1,500.1. was to he got, and upon what calculation it was that this sum was considered to be necessary. Mr. thmsLove said, that last Friday was the day of the com mittees of the estates receiving the half yearly rents. His Lonnstne also desired to be informed on Wednesday, what money, belonging to the lunatic, was in the bands of any body. Mr. Hv.►r.n intimated that with Friday's receipts there was not sufficient, even to pay the creditors whose names were men tioned in the schedules and affidavits, and that there were 150 creditors whoSe names had not yet found their way there.— Mr. Heald had likewise to apprise his Lordship, that this was the morning by which the traverse had been ordered to be left in the Lunatic Office. It had not yet been left, and if it were not left to-day his Clients would be too late to subpoena their wit , 111,54411. the Loansntr peremptorily ordered the traverse to be left to day. _ ELECTION Or SCOTCH VEYAR. Lord Forester took the oatlm of tivemacy and allegiance in the Court of Chancery to-day, to enable. him to vote in the election of the Scotch Peers. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 19. VAI:ICEL V. HK NT. This wns an action brought by a house agent at Kingston, Sur rey, to recover of the defendant, the proprietor of Marble Hall, Twickenham, commission for the sale of that estate, which was ultimately disposed of by the defendant. The plaintiff, besides commission, charged 71. bs. 15,1. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 101. in ntl dition to his bill for expellees, which made the damages 171. M. 6+l. with costs. COURT OF ,KING'S 'BENCH, JUNE 19. CADMIRY V. SitiaLS. This was an action of trespass for cutting down 92 trees. The defendant claimed them as his own property ; this was the matter at issue, which depended upon the evidence, and involved no pu bli c inter e st.—The Jury gave a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STILEET.—A short fat elderly man, in a groom's dirty under-dress, , was brought before Sir Gwent FaanaNr, yesterday, charged by a certain watchman with hav ing been drunk awl disorderly On his heat, on,Saturday night, rolling about, andfrulliriting two boughs of laurel over his head, and shouting the Duke of Wellington for ever ! hurrah !" to the grievous annoyance of the surrounding inhabitants.. "Have you any thing to say hir,youreelf?" asked Sir GEORG K. " Why, then, I suppose I'll tell you, if 'you m us t k now ," mid the defendant very leisurely, twirling a sprig o f l aure l b e t ween his finger and thumb; "if you must know, the efficts of it was as this, I'm an old soldier, an' I'd brought up them ere laurek, what the watchman's told you about, because it was the miniver wary of the battle of Waterloo." "Was you at Waterloo ?" said Sir ( h oath. "Why, then, I suppose I WAS—an' I dare say it wee there I got wound e d. in my leg an' arm. I always keeps the Ititb June, awl on Saturday I *net th e Doke of Wellington at the corner of that 'ere club-hoe °in James-street; an' he gave me something to keep the anniversary of the 18th with; an' that's all the effects of it your Lordship. As I was SitYile, I'd got one of them laurels to put on the bead of Copcnbagen—that'a the horse the Duk e ro d e a t W ater l oo ; an ' 1 was gown ' to crown him with it in ho nour of the day, when that fellow lucked me up in prison. An' I dare say 1 was never worse used when I was in them blackguard French prisons. They wouldn't give toe a drop of water, an' I saylt man who's been drunk hadn't ought to be locked up from Saturday night till Monday morning without water." Sir Gamma asked him what regiment he served in, and he said it was the 42J, "A regiment, he dared say, never did any thing to disgrace the British conquests." He, was likewise at Vittoria and ," Sallymitaky," and " many other places, be sup , posed, he couldn't exactly remember just then." He was dis charged at Valenciennes, and allowed a Penal" of Is. a - day ; and till within these two weeks, "he euppoeed," he had groomed gentlemen's horses at " and he bad left , because, supposed," he didn't w an t to sta y i n their blackguard country any longer. , Sir Gxottaz told him, if he would promise not to keep the einniverhary of the IBtb till it Caine again next year, he would discharge him. " Thank your Lordship-,4 dare say I won't ; but there's the sunivereary_of Vittoria au' Sallow:kg now. An' if I meet your Lordship in the street again' that time, I dare say I'll get a shillir4 out of you 'to keep them with !"—end so saying, he ki t the ( ice. On Tuesd a y, a f am il y i n H a lifax, sent a pie ce o f furniture, commonly called a secretary and book case , to be sold by auction, to Mr. John Lister. On Mr. Lister examining it, he found in the drawers three bags, containin g 1921. 10 s . 6d. in gold. M r . Li s t er immediately w ent an d gave the family the above amount. An enormous cannon, f ro m the arsenal at Delft, was convoyed on the 13th from the Hague . to Schevenin , gen. It will he used, in eases of ship*feck, to pfp- Jed' over stranded vessels hoMhs witll ropes fosteried them, by me a n s o f w hi c h the crews may reach the shore. 'i HE ARMY. On Friday a troop of the 10th Hussars left Bury for North ampton. A troop of that regiment still remains there, together with a few companies of infantry. On'Saturday last the 75th Regiment, quartered in Enniskillen, was inspected by Major-General Thornton, who was highly pleased with their excellent state of discipline, their steadiness, general appearance, and internal economy. Six companies of the 60th Rifle Corps have been ordered to march from Manchester for Birminghani. The Kidderminster troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Capt. Boycot, was inspected on Wednesday last, on Hartlebnry Common, by Major Chatterton, of the Fourth Dragoon Guards, who expressed himself highly pleased at their conduct, discipline, and general appearance; after which he kindly partook with them of an excellent dinner at the Plough Inn, kept by Mr. Thurston, senior sergeant of the troop. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Victory, Farquharson, from Bengal, off Brighton,' sailed from ditto the 4th of February; the Cape 10th of April, and from St. Helena the 22d ditto. The William Shand, Keen, from Penang, in the Downs, sailed from Singapore , from Penang the 12th Feb., and from St. Helena the 26th April. The Kingston, Bowen, from Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed from ditto --, from the Cape 9th April, and from St. Helena the The Sarah, Tucker, from Bombay, off Portsmouth, sailed from ditto the 28th Jan. and from St. Helena the 13th April. The Julie, Rentz, from Singapore, at Portsmouth, sailed from ditto the , from Batavia the 18th Feb. and from St. He lena the sth May. The Layton, Lovitt, from the Nfauritins, off Portsmouth, sailed from ditto the 2d of April, and from St. rielena the 6th May. . _ . . . - The Sir William Wallace, Brown, from the Mauritius, off Dover, sailed from ditto the 27th 'Bch, The Sir Andrew Hammond, from the South Seas, off the Start, sailed from Pernambuco 2d May. Ssmtno ruost MAuncrius.—Tbe Rains. Sinclair, Qd April, for the Cape and London, with part of the 56th Regiment. - AnimaLa AT Sr. /IsmeNa.—The 'Brothers, West, from the Mauritius in April. The Mentur, fur Bombay, was lying here. AngtvALs AT TILE CAFE.—The Harriet, Millwood, from Sierra Leone, on the 23d March (for India) ; Acasta, Hiller, from Manilla, on the sth of April—sailed 20th January (for Boston); Norval, Conhro, from Liverpool, on the 9th—it is supposed with considerable damage. S A trawc s ['Rom VIM CA eY—The City of Bordeaux, Alexander, fur St. Helena and Rio Janeiro, on the 21st March ; his Majesty's ship Pandora, for India, on the 26th ;* the Saracen, whaler, for London ; Hope, Burns, for St. Helena, on the sth of April ; Lady Campbell, Murphy, for Gibraltar ; Mercury, Jordan, for Batavia ; L'Asie, Ducross, for Bourbon and India. ARRIVALS AT TIIR MAURITIUS.—The Cyprus, Todd, from Van Diemen's Land, on the 12th of February; Pacifique, on the Oth; and Harmouie, Atwerny, on the 16th, froth Bengal aild Pondicherry; Koine, Sinclair, from Portsmouth, on the 21st; Marquis Wellesley, Coulson, from London; Virginie, Naud, from Mauritius and the Cape, on the 22d February; Coleslem,Tander, from St. Melon and Bourbon; Midas, Baigrie, from New South Wales, on the 2Sd March ; Patience, Kind, from the Cape, on the 29th, Ellen, Patterson, from the Cape. Snirmons Fenn THE Mnuurrius.—The Ann, Grimes, for New South Wales, on the 21st Feb.; Marquis of Wellesley, Coulson, for London, on the tad March ; Maria, Thompson, for ditto, on the 30th. The Midas, Baigrie, was loading, and to sail for London on the 10th of April. SAID fro FRAM BAutA.—The Adventure, Hougard, fur the Cape, du the 13th April. SAlLtxas FROM RIO JANFIRO.---The Wilua,Tait, for the Cape, on the'l6th March ; Georgians, Haylett, for Madras and Bengal, on the 19th; Mary, Watson, for the Mauritius, on the 6th April; Coriolanus, M'Call, for ditto, on the 10th ; Missionary, Tacket, on the 11th, for the Sandwich Islands. LLOYDS',.,Tina 19. I.pnenrciot., JIJNZ 17.—Wind N. W.—Arrived Ow Orbit, Gill, from Pant; Cordelia, Miller, Mobile ; Will,jrn Byinrs, flaekstaff, from New York, sailed 26th May ; Eliza, llind, Daphne, Cheesman, and Terra Nova, Potter, from Newfound lona ; Stronebell, Mandrel), °deem; 'ashington, Jones, Lisbon ; Asia, Tulloeh, Rio Grande ; Pandora, Knowles, Nova Scotia; Treaty, Rose, and Jane, Davis, from St. Michael's. Arrived off Dover the Martin, Weelip, from Junaica. Lusi• tania, Gibbons, from Oporto; and Charlotte Louisa, -- from Cuba. Arrived off Torbay the Eeho, Reed, from Lisbon; and Oscar, -, from Alicant, Arrived off Brighton the Victory, Fargnharson, from Bengal, The Norval, Cawbora, from Liverpool to the Cape of Good Hope and Bengal, ran on shore in Table Bay '7th April, but was got off next day with considerable damage. To EXTRACT THE SILVER OUT OF A RING THAT IS THICKLY MUM, SO THAT THIC GOLD MAY REMAIN —Take a silver ring that is thickly gilded, make a little hole through the gold into the silver ; then put the ring into aqeefortis, in a warm place ; it will dissolve the silver, and the gold will re main entire. TO WRITE ON PAPER WITH LETTERS OF GOLD. —rut some gum-arabic into common writing ink, and write with it in the usual way, when the writing is dry, breathe on it, the warmth and moisture softens the gum, and will cause it to fasten on the gold-leaf, which may be laid on in the usual way, and the superfluous part brushed off. AWFUL AND SUDDEN DEATIL—Mr. Pocock, a respectable sheep salesman, as also a miller at, or near to, St. Alban's, Ilerts, dropped down in a lit in the Pig Market, Smithfield, about hilf-past four o'clock yesterday morning, and in stantly expired. Deceased was, apparently, about ,55 years of age, and so corpulent that four stout men could scarcely remove him from the spot where he fell to the Bell Inn, at which house he slept lilt night, and which he left, in seeming health and good spirit:, hut a few minutes previously to his being conveyed back to it a lifeless corpse. PI It E.—Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday night a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Emery, a bookbinder, next door to the Merlin's Cave (of radical meeting notoriety), Spa-fields, which burnt with great fury to the danger of the ad joining houses. fortunately, the speedy arrival of the engines, and the exertions of the firemen with a plentiful supply of water, confined the devouring element principally to Mr. Emery's house, which, with the greatest part of his valuable property, is now re duced to a heap of ruins. The back premises of the Merlin's Cave, from the buildings being composed of wood, has been con siderably damaged. Mr. Emery's family got safely out of the flames, but be had himself a narrow escape, having been obliged to jump into the street from a first-floor window. The house and property, we understand, is insured. It is but justice to add that the firemen Were ably support e d i n th e i r duti es , by a s t rong party of the 13ow-street patrol, under the conductors of Avery, Upton, and Curtis, who were promptly on the spot, and prevented the plunder of property. We should like to see some well-digested plan adopted by the public generally for the improvement of London and its vicinity, as the basis of all subse quent proceedings, instead of the peacemeal and irre gular patchwork now too often resorted . to. To this plan all individuals and associations should be com pelled- to' conform whenever their proposed under takings came in' contact with it ; and it should not merely comprise lines of streets, hut secure ample and adequate' spaces for markets, fountains, and the stands for vehicles, &c 4 _ _ tlgie"(Bisill,he could not FREE TRARE.—Extract of a letter from Ben. t T e t° l ln o i e rn tel f r l Pr o ;i r ie e s i d : inus moret effectually. muds, (bled April 30 :--,, This free trade will not from England, but lessen t h e va l ue of Bntish vessels. Had M r . not be shipped T ; h i e t from the United . States fully as low a s s have cut o c w u t b t e jBt l p g :fr o p t This is what the ne w Act calls relieving the colonies ; the Americans n ow must not only be the sale carriers, but they come co i P t il: r e leYd a sa t i I t (g)l h ueeit e ' :air: o r d e red rt d e i d i from here with their vessels, and retail their cargoes, with out either being at the expence of store-rent or paying a tax of any kind. This certa i n l y re li eves us sub jects o f the trouble of going to see, or being merchants, and commissary/vll das long I d on ra g: b B fi r i e . havvvehiannythdeoieltietor ex. pended, we must either starve, or move elsewhere." MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, FRIDAY, Julia QS. At the Court of Commissioners. W. Gould and F. Greasley, Maiden-lane, Wood-street, at 10. J. Paiba, Great Rutsell-street, Covent-garden, at 12. H. Evans, Cheapside, at 2. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, JuNR 23. 31. Davis, Great Bolton, Lancaster, at the Bridge Inn, Little Bolton, at 9. W. Lloyd, Hereford, at the New Shire-hall, Hereford, at 11. J. Hampton and IL Windle, Liverpool, at the George. Liverpool, at 1. J. W. Pearce, Chester, at the Golden Lion, Chester, at 10. W. Hudson, Huddersfield, York, at the White Horse Inn, Hud- den:field, at I I. T. Smith and J. Locker, Hanky, Stafford, at the Swan Inn, Hanley, at 3. T. M. Tunnicliff, Hanley, Stafford, at the Swan Inn, Hanley, at 10. G. Duty, Louth, Lincoln, at the New King's Head, Louth, at 11. J. Stratton, Trowbridge, Wilts, at the Commercial-rooms, Buis- tol, at I. S. Wright, Salford, Lancaster, at the Star Inn, Manchester, at 9. J. S. Lewis, Bristol, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol, at 1. J. Farrar, Liverpool, at Mr. Alandley's office, Liverpool, at 12. Gibbing, Smith, and Goode, -Birmingham, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at 11. J. Piercy and R. Saunders, Birmingham, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at 4. W Duff and J. Browne, Liverpool, at the George, Liverl'" l, at 11. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Petitions to be heard in Portugal-street on FRIDAY TiRXT. J. Sharp, Vauxhall-terrace, Vauxhall, Surrey, teacher of music. J. Wear, Cumberland-place,,Walworth-road, tin-plate worker. H. J. Robertson, George-street, Commercial-road, Middlesex, merchunts'-clerk. J. Welch, Bate M's-place, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, flour-dealer. W. Webster, Warwick-street, St. James's, guninaker. J. Dransfield, Mould-green, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fancy waist- coating manufacturer. J. WAlnaott, Drummond-crescent, Sotilers%-tonap builder. A. Wadsworth, Maccl es field, Cheshire, spinster. J. Torr, Lemon-street, Goodman's-fields, baker. J. Fagan, Park -terrace, Itegeoq-park, painter. • G. Stone, Guildhall-street, Canterbury, tailor. C. Wheeler, Ilenne's-street, Pentonville, Middlesex, Inspector to the Society for preventing Cruelty t Animals. IL Chalkley, St. James's-street, Brighton, Sussex , c oal-merchant. J. Burgess, Welliley-street, City-road, Middlesex, commissidh- agent. T. Dale, Coventry, Warwick, engineer. • W. Evans, Brunswick -street, Christchurch, Surrey, milkm an ' T. Manley, Chowbent, Atherton, Lancashire, spindle-maker. W. Daymond, Upper Park-place, Park-road, Regent's-park, stone-mason. R. Mayne, Eagle-court, St. John's-lane, Clerkenwell, clerki.dge, .1. W. Greaves, Wi b b ca ch St. Peter, Isle of El y , leather-dealer. - • Cambr Petitions to be heard in the Country. LINCOLN.—At the Court.house, next SATUIDAT. J J v . o Esi g le d i rer e lra i ri , ndc : ornos e I :i4 b br y is rLu Lincoln,s e ihn o a l ci a oi:l ns shoemaker. farmer. E. Clark, Langworth, Lincoln, butcher. ey, S. Dawson, Barton, Lincoln, jobber. S. _ Woacstsrait...—At the Court-house, next SATURDAT. J. Lewis, Great Hampton -street, Birmingham, huckster. J C . . B F l u e t t l e c r h , e r G , t d d s e h r i a i n e s y t : r y r ro c c t e e s r t , e r farmer., J. Proctor, Evesham, Worcester, gardener. J. Powell, Redditch, Tardebigg, Worcester, writing - cler k. I'. Alleock, Headless-cross, Feckenham, Worcester, needle-ro Ake. W. Blackford, Hinckley, 'Worcester, baker. E. Lediard, St. John, Bedwardine, Worcester, labourer. .1. Simroonds, Dayton, Worcester, farmer. J. rei. Wildamith, Hill Poole, Charldesley-Corbett, Worcester , 13 " bou T. llayrox, Callow Hill, Ilewilley, Worcester, labourer. S. Davies, Knighton-upon-Tenn., Worcester, brickinaker. J. Franklin, Pershore, U'oreeater, teis4tlealm I. Monnox, Rethliteh,'Tardebigg, Worcester, grater. J. James, Redditeli, Tardebigg, Worcester, &F.-book -maker. W. Doogood, Martin-Hussingtrec, NVorcester, farmer. J. Smith, High-street, Dudley, Worcester, butcher. T. Warder, Stoulton, Worcester, horse-dealer. M. Wagstaff, St. Clement, Worcester, butcher. W. Heming, St. John, Bedwardine, Worcester, plumber. • • LONDON MARKETS. PRICE h BREAD. A. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 91.11; fo r 41h. Loaf—There are others who sell frotti a halfpenny to tw— pence halfpenny below that rate. PRICE OF SEEDS.—JUNE 19. itne 701. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 42 8 ber. A. Old Ditto 3844 5 1),, thle i 4114 . 6s * 325. 453 . fine. ...a"*. FA; !}ll. 604. fine. "`', Q 401 41e. fine. 204. 250: QfJ4. tine. St: 144. Ills. fi ne ' 15: . 01b. 245. 284. tine , iv s ' 235. 32a. 330. tine. 'n 1)itt0..... Old Ditto Nit( New White CI Trclbil lisp Camwa: teti. fine, o N. ititt. 220. 24 '• fine ' Mi. —.(per ON. 2 23 . 56' "ds • 4411. txis• 30 0 . 4 (1 ' " " 37g. -1•••••••••• • 00S. 32 5 . Ms. fine, 003. 3. :3 35 . fi " t ' ofts. Canary Seed, Neti—.--Itlns. tine, 00s. nai. ON. fine , ,: gls. White Mustard Seed Bushel) 00s. ID. la , . " fie. .9s. Brown Ditto ..—. oos. 10s. Do. find •Tu n ra are r rn lll_,: eed o Beedg ll , E7gh ' sh, tine (per Las tine, 6d. New, 5.6 6 . 1 2 (ms. Foreign.r. roreign nitii; !oriander Rye Grins fiir cnishin (per Clot.)—JuNic But. Kent 121. 12$. to °". u:1710:00MIS:---11..°fiwt,111511111Z)610: ttnoodli:a;p:°'"; li"e n,‘ 3 21 DJ. to 131. Ats Grass o d. o. PRICES OF HOP . S . Pockets. Kent 13L Ilk. 141. 10s. to 151. 15.. Sussex 121. lip!. IM. 13s. to tn. 10s. Essex 131. Os. 111. 0.;„ 10 Farnham, fine (Pockets) 181. to The Duty has been freely backed cedcnt at this early time of the year. PRICES OF LELEATHER,_ — A a, Per lb. . d. . Per lb. —' to 14 13 6 Putts ---50 to 5(9b.—.... 19 to 90 Tanned Horse Hider...-. 2 to I Ditto —l4 to 061 b.--. 2l to 23 Spanish 1 Dressing Hides 13 to 15 Pcr Fine Coach Hides 15 to IP Calf Skin s Crop Hides, :15 to lir . 14 to 15 Ditto Ditto -- 45 to 591 b. to 14 Ditto Ditto 16j to 113 Small lo_ _ zen. G75°3130reet°:::8°41:11111;• 2211!_)_-_l-4511 A ii . d. Per Stone. P. d.R s, d AW . HIDES:- Per Stone. a.''' s 0 Rest I ddlHeifers and Steers 24 t o 2 8 Ordinary I lo ingo ' ..2 2to 2 4 Market Calf . 7 ° SHEEd. Fells—Os. Ott to Os. Ott I L00ti5—......1v. P SKINS. 4d. to fis. ShearliogaL_l PRICE OF TALLOW, 80 Town Tallow 87$. tki. to us. o,t. Yellow Ruiala tid. to Of. Od. White las. M. to th. Od. Soap Ditto...-. Ws. &L to Oa. fkl. Melting Stull' 28s. Od. t& thi. tki. Ditto Rough lfl. . Od. to Oa. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tal APficr• per 11211;.-31, 17. od ienow Soap. Mottled Cord,_ Gravet. Cloud Dreg, ~, per atone of 81b,—,ItTrat 1 7 . low Metter') „ _ < o ', _ _ PRICE OF The price of good Store Candid,. i Candes per dosen 6d. to 7s. tht CANDLE ii the retail sham is AS follot i : 14 Moulds, per doze IAL IVEARKET..-JUNE *. d. Ada 8eaurn0nt—.....,.... 26 6 Heaton a 31 3 liebbiarn 30a. 3d. a 30 9 1101 13'well .27 3 106w/worth 29 6 Liddell's Main 25 0 Ord's Redhugh 2tl 6 Pereyra5t............." 27 0 Pontop Windsor . 27 3 Shipeote 25 6 'ran field 31 6 Townley 290 Willington 310 Ships at Market, Wylatn 38 0 Wsl6E3l(ll3es%, iek en 3 W. E. Green's V 6 K Hotspur . 2f3 8 W. E. Newinarelt NO 6 W. E Northumb,t) 0 W. E. reareth 27 6 W. E. Riddell's 31 0 W. K Russell's a .0 W. E. Walker 30 0 11urdon Main ruay2t) 0 Walker's W. K small 13 0 19. s , d. 11 $ L a mbton snot 11 ettlm Cox Cuim Chrirtu. 0 Fordo) Main *'"" 9O 0. lisrtley 0 Stone Coal Cbruitia; 0 Ditto Reynold. 6 Lyon's In 0 walls ald Rettto"4l R . W. K Lyons 0 K Lannton 0 W. Stfart'S Russell's HettOn Walls End (---Unsold, 24. sold, filj Island of Tortola. MARRIED. artatir, On the 17th inst., at Marylebone Church by the Rev. D r ' , ..., Spry, James Wilson, Esq., Deputy-Assistarit-Commiesary7o 0 nerd, to Sarah, second daughter of Mark Dyer Priori], of th On the 17th inst., at Bath, by the Her. Edward Grow „„ t M.A., Healey Smith, Esq. of Finsbury-square, to bury , Pung— daughter of the late Thomas' Itigmaiden, Esq.l ,of I irerpool. . PIED. On the 17th inst. ? at Wnoatoid, Mr. Netanti:A in his 69 th 1 11 " . At Oxon, nea r sh r eliebitry, the 110. anl Speitita 69th I. Rector of Praton, Priat as P died by M. YOUNG, at tk-a-iii;-Orricg• No. 6trand.